Shopping for the Zelda fan in your life

by: Sean Colleli
NEWS - Shigeru Miyamoto inadvertently caused a resurgence in ocarina popularity when he released the industry-changing Zelda game that featured the curious little instruments. It's been over a decade since the release of Ocarina of Time, but the clay flutes are still quite popular with cosplayers and average Zelda enthusiasts.

STL Ocarina recognized this popularity and now they offer a whole line of Zelda-themed ocarinas. I browsed their online selection and found that while you could venture into "expensive musical instrument" territory on par with brass and stringed instruments, STL also offers a number of highly affordable ocarinas. They also have song books that show you how to play many of the melodies, passages and pieces from several Zelda games. Needless to say, they're great gifts for a Zelda fan.

This is the best kind of intersection between gaming and real-world subjects, when a game gets someone interested in something like music that they'd never have explored otherwise. It's easy to self-teach with an Ocarina so it's a good place to start learning music, too. If you're gift shopping for a gamer in your life, give STL's website a look.


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